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Appellate Practice

Feb. 4, 2026

Duane Morris taps appellate veteran Benjamin Shatz to lead West Coast practice

Benjamin G. Shatz, a California-certified appellate specialist with more than two decades at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, bolsters a trial group that the firm says increasingly relies on integrated appellate strategy.

Duane Morris taps appellate veteran Benjamin Shatz to lead West Coast practice
Benjamin G. Shatz

After 21 years at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP, Benjamin G. Shatz joined Duane Morris LLP on Monday as a partner, where the California-certified appellate specialist will lead the firm's West Coast appellate practice.

Shatz's practice spans hundreds of civil appeals, writs and petitions before the U.S. Supreme Court, the federal circuit courts, the California Supreme Court, the California Courts of Appeal and appellate tribunals nationwide.

Stephan H. Sutro, ...

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